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Ace Ethanol401(k)

ACE ETHANOL 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · STANLEY, WI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.24%

Peer grade: B+ · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Ace Ethanol reported $29,709 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.24% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,350 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.32% to 0.24%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Wisconsin (1,121st of 1,936), and 7,588th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.69 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 102 to 118 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$13,390,916
Participants with balances141
Active participants118
Employer contributions$395,251
Employee contributions$668,726
Employer contribution per active participant$3,350
Average account balance$94,971
Benefits paid to participants$397,030
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWITHUMSMITH + BROWN, PC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$13.4M · 141 accts · $395K emplr
2023$10.9M · 129 accts · $343K emplr
2022$8.7M · 129 accts · $344K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$22,932
Investment management$6,777
Total administrative$29,709
The Ace Ethanol 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,350
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,350 per active participant
2023$3,149 per active participant
2022$3,368 per active participant

Ace Ethanol's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 median for plans its size. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20242
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$6,777

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history3
2024$29,709 · 0.24%
2023$27,853 · 0.28%
2022$30,636 · 0.32%
Same employer
Similar plansManufacturing · Wisconsin
R&B Grinding LLC WI$13.6M · 0.19%
Uw Provision Company Inc. WI$13.6M · 0.47%
Schwaab, Inc. WI$13.6M · 0.01%
Asyst Technologies L.P. WI$13.3M · 0.51%
Fromm Family Foods, LLC WI$13.2M · 0.01%
Aries Industries, Inc. WI$13.2M · 0.50%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 392015534 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.